Houston, Texas, Hit by Unprecedented Flooding; Seven States At Risk

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27. BUT--these comments on that article with the drought images make

important points:

Glynis Wentzel
Slightly misleading this article is - our agricultural drought may have improved and TX as a state is almost totally out of that. But our water supply (reservoirs) are still critically low - esp here in central TX. He mentioned Lake Arrowhead & Lake Kickapoo as being 50% full (combined) - well at this time of the year they should be around 80% full. If we have a normal TX summer - that is going to rapidly go down. Ditto with Lake Travis & Buchanan. We are almost headed for stage 4 drought restrictions if we have a normal summer and we do not get heaps more rain in our catchment areas. We still need to conserve BIG time. I feel an article like this can send the wrong message <emphasis added>.


Civil Right of Self-Defense
They didn't cover true long-term drought impacts to the aquifers, either. Between the 7+ years since the last wet year, plus population growth, it seems reasonable to conclude that we're in a permanent 'drought' in terms of how we use water.